Juan Francisco Escobar (born January 31, 1949) is a former

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to t ...

an football referee. A former

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referee, Escobar supervised matches during the

1985 FIFA World Youth Championship The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

, the 1992 Olympic tournament, and the

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and

1993 Copa América The 1993 Copa América was the 36th Copa América, CONMEBOL's football tournament for national teams. It was held in Ecuador between 15 June and 4 July. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, but for the first time two nations from outside CONMEBOL w ...

Tabeira, Martín
"Uruguay - International Matches 1991-1995"
. ''

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'', 15 November 2012. Retrieved on 29 April 2013. tournaments. He also served as a referee in qualifying matches for the

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal en ...

FIFA
"Match Report - Ecuador - Uruguay 0:2 (0:0)"
31 March 1985. Retrieved on 29 April 2013. and

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World Cups.

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